§ Mr. Aspinwallasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were in employment, full or part time in the greater London area in each of the months December 1982 to June 1983, inclusive.
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§ Mr. GummerIn December 1982, the latest date for which the quarterly estimates are available, the total number of employees in employment in greater London was 3,409,000. The figure, which is provisional includes full and part-time employees.
§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what is the approximate number of 16 to 18-year-olds available for each existing job vacancy in the Coventry travel-to-work area;
(2) what is the approximate number of 18 to 59-yearolds available for each existing job vacancy in the Coventry travel-to-work area.
§ Mr. GummerI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 July 1983—[Vol. 46, c. 50]—to the hon. Member for St. Helens, South (Mr. Bermingham) in which I explained why the ratios requested are not available.
The following table gives, for the age categories specified, the numbers of unemployed claimants from the April 1983 unemployment count, the latest date for which an analysis by age is available. It also gives the numbers of notified vacancies remaining unfilled at jobcentres and careers offices for the same month.
Coventry travel-to-work Unemployed claimants Numbers Aged under 18 years 1,982 Aged 18 years 2,018 Aged 19 to 59 years 30,789 Notified unfilled vacancies At jobcentres 675 At careers offices 30
§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many new jobs have been created in the Coventry travel-to-work area in the last 12 months; and how many have been created in each standard industrial classification category;
(2) how many jobs have been lost in the Coventry travel-to-work area in the past 12 months.
§ Mr. GummerI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for St. Helens, South (Mr. Bermingham) on 18 July 1983. — [Vol. 46, c. 50–51.] Information about job gains and losses in local areas during the last 12 months is not available.
§ Mr. Parkasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the approximate number of persons removed from the unemployment register in the Coventry travel-to-work area since the introduction of the new system of compiling unemloyment figures.
§ Mr. GummerBy the date of the June unemployment count, approximately 1,500 men aged 60 and over in the Coventry travel-to-work area no longer had to sign on at an unemployment benefit office, following the Budget measures dealing with the payment of national insurance contribution credits and the higher rates of supplementary benefit.